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29 ft. by 19 ft., and above is a storage loft of the same size. 
The equipments are a Shipman one-horse power steam 
engine, a Cooley creamer, No. 3, a Fairbanks scale weigh- 
ing from 1-8 ounce to 250 lbs., an experimental churn, and 
a furnace, together with ordinary dairy utensils. This 
structure is built so as to make it easy to maintain a com- 
paratively uniform temperature, and thus far it has met 
well ail our expectations. The engine seems to meet with 
all the requirements of a smail power, combining ease of 
management, with safety and economy, kerosene being 
used for fuel, and as this fuel is only used while actually at 
work, but little is required. The Cooley creamer is too well 
known to require further mention, and with us it upholds 
its well-earned reputation. 
An extension of thirty-five feet has also been added to 
the greenhouse, nearly doubling its former capacity. 
DONORS. 
We desire to express our renewed obligations to Messrs. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux et Cie, Paris, France, and J. M. Thor- 
burn & Co., 15 John St., New York, two of the largest 
seed firms with which we are acquainted, for a large variety 
of seed for which they will receive no pay, but ever express 
the desire to furnish whatsoever in their line that we may 
require. A number of other firms have also given us the 
carte blanche of their vegetable catalogues. Such a gene- 
rosity is very agreeable to us, as indicating a belief that our 
work with vegetables is worthy of encouragement. Had 
circumstances led us to call largely upon these firms, they 
would have deserved and received a fuller mention than the 
mere record. 
Nov. 23, 1885. Of A.C. Hammond, Sec’y, fourteen vol- 
umes of the Transactions of the I!mois Horticultural Soci- 
ety, 1868 to 1871, 1875 to 1884. 
Nov. 28. Of Hugo Beyer, New London, Ia., three pack- 
ages of vegetable seed. 
Nov. 29. Of M. P. Prince, Henderson, N. C., eight 
varieties of cow pea. 
Oct. 8. Of Hon. HE. G. Lapham, U.S. 58., report of the 
Chief of Signal Service, 1878-9. 
Dec. 9. Of Lucian Rust, Loudonville, O., pod corn seed. 
Aah 23. Of Charles Carpenter, Kelley’s Island, O., lettuce 
seed. 
Jan. 5, 1886. Of Royal Gardens, Kew, England, two 
packages of solanum maglia tubers. 
Jan. 16. Of Thos. N. Woodason, 74 Canalport Avenue, 
Chicago, Ill., one improved atomizing bellows. 
Jan. 26. Of Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 
C., and at numerous other times during the year, various 
kinds of seed, reports, etc. 
